For Pearl Jam’s last album, the first single (for a band that still cares about Rock and Roll singles) was the cataclysmically-intense “World Wide Suicide” which jarred listeners. This time around the band’s first release off of Backspacer is the pop-rock, easy-swinging “The Fixer” which will cause more hopping and sing-a-longs then soul searching and rages against the machine.
We haven’t really talked much about the much hyped Beatles remasters around these parts (maybe it’s because we haven’t gotten around to plunking our hard earned cash on any of
Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows that took place the previous week. Thanks to kcmoejoe for the photo.
Artist & Title: Derek Trucks Band – Greensleeves > Afro Blue
Date & Venue: 2009-08-15 Hot August Blues Festival Cockeysville, MD
Taper & Show Download: su6oxone
Leading off this week is a smoking segment that features this traditional folk song coupled with a latin jazz standard. There is some really amazing guitar work in here, highly recommended listening. Derek plays tonight with the Allman Brothers Band in Holmdel, NJ. The Derek Trucks Band next have a gig August 23rd in Johnstown PA.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dtbsauce.mp3]READ ON for more from the likes of John Cowan and Pearl Jam…
Seems like its a good time to be a fan of the work of the late-great Warren Zevon as we have a slew of news to report coming from his
The power of viral videos seem to have taken over concert announcements, as earlier today the folks behind Outside Lands revealed their initial lineup via a video from Ghost Robot
The major headliner for year three of the retooled Lollapalooza concert will be none other than the band that became the breakout superstar of the old Lollapalooza back in 1992:
Comets on Fire updates the grind of the ‘70s with clean production and melodic piano noodling putting it in a context both timeless and contemporary. All this is accomplished within a framework that would please Iron Butterfly. Avatar is a great way to keep listening to old-school “hard rock” without being accused of being out of touch with the music of today.
For the two Northeast shows on back-to-back nights, there was certainly a focus on the new album as well as a look-back to the beginning of the band
The band has closed down the dorms at Epic and moved cross town to fresher digs at J records with the release of their new self-titled effort that has been receiving the full court promotional press, and with good reason, Pearl Jam shows a band blooming in full rage.
Although considered by many as the Godfathers of grunge, Mudhoney never made the headlines of their angst-ridden Seattle peers. However, the Mudhoney sound has been an influential piece in contemporary rock. Seventeen years since their debut, the mud boys have returned with Under a Billion Suns.
